Shoe-polisher



W. E. SHEEHY.

SHOE POLISHER.

APPLICATIONFILED SEPT. 5. 1919.

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Application filed September 5,193.9. Serial No. 321,868.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. Sammy, a citizen of the United States,and resident of East Boston, county of Suffolk, State ofll'lassachusetts, have invented an Improve ment in Shoe-Polishers, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrznving, is a specification, like characters on the drawingrepresenting like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe poliishers and. theobject thereof is to provide a shoe polisher which will be simple inconstruction and more efl'ective in operation than those heretoforeproduced.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a shoe polisher havingmeans for guiding a flexible shoe polishing instrumentality such as astrip of felt or other textile fabric so disposed as to cause the fabricwhen reciprocated to have a tendency to creep toward the heel of theshoe and thereby prevent the same from working off of the toe of theshoe as is usual in polishing machines of this type.

Another object of the invent-ion is to pro vide a rigid construction inwhich the support for the shoe will be reinforced throughout its length.

Other objects and features of the invention will more fully appear fromthe following description and accompanying drawings and will be pointedout in the annexed claims.

A preferred en'ibodiment of my is illustrated in the accompanying inwhich,

Figure 1 is a plan view,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation,

Fig, 3 is an end. elevation, and,

F at is a vertical sectional view on lines t-l, Fig.

T he polishing device illustrated in the accompanying drawing comprisesa ba. e 1 preferably in the form of a metal plate to which a shoesupporting member is secured. The shoe supporting member desirablycomprises plate 2 having vertical ends .3, 4: provided with flanges 5, 6secured to the plate 1 by suitable rivets 7 or other fastenings.

The plate 2 desirably is provided with downwardly extending marginalstrengthening flanges thereby enabling the use of relatively lightmaterial. The surface of the plate 2 desirably is inclined upwardlyinvention drawings from the heel supporting portion to the toesupporting portion and may be slightly concaved to conform to thesurface of the bottom of the shoe.

Guides 8, 9 for a flexible polisher 10, such as a strip of felt or thelike, are secured to the ends 3, e of the shoe support, these guides maybe of any desirable form but preferably comprise rollers mounted uponrods 11, 12 anchored in the vertical plate 3 at the heel portion of thesupport.

The opposite ends of the rods 11., 12 may be supported by the verticalend a of the support in any desirable manner. As illustrated herein thevertical end ris provided with a groove 13 which may be stamped in thepla e during its formation, and which is adapted to receive a rod 15having at its ends bosses 16, 1? apertured to receive the ends of therods 11, 12, the rods being screw threaded and secured thereon bysuitable nuts 18.

The guides 8, 9 desirably diverge from the heel portion of the shoesupport toward the toe portion so that at the toe portion they arespaced apart a considerable distance wider than the toe portion of theshoe while at the rear portion their outer surfaces are substantially adistance apart equal to the width of the heel of a shoe.

A single roller may be mounted upon each of the rods 11 and 12 butpreferably two or more rollers are placed upon each rod for conveniencein manufacturing and assembling.

The rollers desirably are made of wood and provided at their ends withbushings 19 to prevent the wearing away of the wood as the rollers arerotated during the operation of the device.

In operation the flexible polisher is carried beneath the'rollers andthe portion intermediate of the rollers upwardly over the. top of theshoe. The operator then grasps the ends of. the polisher and pulls firstwith one hand and then with the other, thereby reciprocating the portionwhich passes over the shoe back and forth with as much pressure asdesired.

y reason of the divergence of the guides the polisher may be carriedover a single guide and reciprocated to polish the instep portion andheel of the shoe.

It will be understood that the embodiment of the invention disclosedherein is illustrative and not restrictive and that it may be modifiedwithin the meaning and scope of the following claim. I 7

Having thus described my lnventlon What I claim as neWand desire tosecure by Leti 5. ters Patent is- V v A polishing device comprising abase, a plate having vertical end portions provided with flanges securedto said base and an intermediate shoe supporting portion, the

vertical portion at the toe end having a transverse groove therein,shafts, having guiding rollers thereon, anchored at one end in thevertical heel portion and means seat

